Peirce

[ purs, peers ]

noun

1. Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
2. Charles San·ders [san, -derz], 1839–1914, U.S. philosopher, mathematician, and physicist.
3. a male given name.

Peirce

/ pɪəs /

noun

1. PeirceCharles Sanders18391914MUSPHILOSOPHY: logicianPHILOSOPHY: philosopherSCIENCE: mathematician Charles Sanders. 1839–1914, US logician, philosopher, and mathematician; pioneer of pragmatism

Example Sentences

Peirce later called the experience of dealing with the MPAA “devastating.”

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Before that, Mr. Peirce himself (in 1878) had applied the method to the proper way of conceiving and defining objects.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Peirce explained that he took the term "pragmatic" from Kant, in order to denote empirical consequences.

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So far as insulation is concerned, Mr. Peirce's experiments show that it is far below most kinds of wood.

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Peirce was intended to act as trustee while the partnership lasted.

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For Peirce a doctrine could be perfectly clear and yet false.

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